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Radiance and interior blinds

I am using radiance measure in OpenStudio and interior blinds on my model which is basically a cube with window on one side. In my simulations I am changing cube's shape and window orientation. When I rotate the model with window pointed on north, the simulation failed. This happens only in case where the window is pointed on north. Simulation is successful with other orientations. Have anyone idea why this happening?

I am rotating the model with SketchUp tool and saving as new .osm model (tried also with north axis in OS). I applied shades in OpenStudio (shading control, interior blinds (blind window material, on if high solar on window, schedule by occupancy, ...) )

Here is the link to the model: https://we.tl/t-Ir2qAgLXa9

Error:

rfluxmtx: warning - ignoring output file in sender ('output/dc/WG1.vmx') rfluxmtx: opening pipe to: rcontrib -fo+ -ab 2 -ad 512 -as 256 -dj 1 -dp 1 -dt 0 -dc 1 -lw 0.001 -n 1 -fda -c 10000 -bn 1 -b "if(-Dx0-Dy0-Dz*1,0,-1)" -m groundglow -f reinhartb.cal -p MF=1,rNx=0,rNy=0,rNz=-1,Ux=0,Uy=1,Uz=0,RHS=+1 -bn Nrbins -b rbin -m skyglow -y 145 "!oconv -f -i octrees\model_dc.oct skies\dc_sky.rad" rfluxmtx: sampling 145 directions

materials\materials_vmx.rad

scene\shades\WG1_SHADE.rad

oconv: fatal - boundary does not encompass scene rcontrib: fatal - (!oconv -f -i octrees\model_vmx.oct receivers_vmx.rad): truncated octree rfluxmtx: running: rcontrib -fo+ -ab 6 -ad 4050 -as 256 -dj 1 -dp 1 -dt 0 -dc 1 -lw 0.001 -n 1 -ds .15 -I -y 257 -faa -c 1 -o output/dc/WG1.vmx -f klems_full.cal -p RHS=+1 -bn Nkbins -b kbin(0,-1,0,0,0,1) -m WG1_SHADE "!oconv -f -i octrees\model_vmx.oct receivers_vmx.rad" No Instance(s) Available.

system - cannot open file 'output\dc\WG1.vmx': No such file or directory <stdin>: cannot load matrix rmtxop: operation failed on '-' No Instance(s) Available.

system - cannot open file 'output\dc\WG1.vmx': No such file or directory <stdin>: cannot load matrix rmtxop: operation failed on '-' No Instance(s) Available.

Radiance and interior blinds

I am using radiance measure in OpenStudio and interior blinds on my model which is basically a cube with window on one side. In my simulations I am changing cube's shape and window orientation. When I rotate the model with window pointed on north, the simulation failed. This happens only in case where the window is pointed on north. Simulation is successful with other orientations. Have anyone idea why this happening?

I am rotating the model with SketchUp tool and saving as new .osm model (tried also with north axis in OS). I applied shades in OpenStudio (shading control, interior blinds (blind window material, on if high solar on window, schedule by occupancy, ...) )

Here is the link to the model: https://we.tl/t-Ir2qAgLXa9

Error:

rfluxmtx: warning - ignoring output file in sender ('output/dc/WG1.vmx') rfluxmtx: opening pipe to: rcontrib -fo+ -ab 2 -ad 512 -as 256 -dj 1 -dp 1 -dt 0 -dc 1 -lw 0.001 -n 1 -fda -c 10000 -bn 1 -b "if(-Dx0-Dy0-Dz*1,0,-1)" -m groundglow -f reinhartb.cal -p MF=1,rNx=0,rNy=0,rNz=-1,Ux=0,Uy=1,Uz=0,RHS=+1 -bn Nrbins -b rbin -m skyglow -y 145 "!oconv -f -i octrees\model_dc.oct skies\dc_sky.rad" rfluxmtx: sampling 145 directions

materials\materials_vmx.rad

scene\shades\WG1_SHADE.rad

oconv: fatal - boundary does not encompass scene rcontrib: fatal - (!oconv -f -i octrees\model_vmx.oct receivers_vmx.rad): truncated octree rfluxmtx: running: rcontrib -fo+ -ab 6 -ad 4050 -as 256 -dj 1 -dp 1 -dt 0 -dc 1 -lw 0.001 -n 1 -ds .15 -I -y 257 -faa -c 1 -o output/dc/WG1.vmx -f klems_full.cal -p RHS=+1 -bn Nkbins -b kbin(0,-1,0,0,0,1) -m WG1_SHADE "!oconv -f -i octrees\model_vmx.oct receivers_vmx.rad" No Instance(s) Available.

system - cannot open file 'output\dc\WG1.vmx': No such file or directory <stdin>: cannot load matrix rmtxop: operation failed on '-' No Instance(s) Available.

system - cannot open file 'output\dc\WG1.vmx': No such file or directory <stdin>: cannot load matrix rmtxop: operation failed on '-' No Instance(s) Available.